OUR FELLOWS
In her current role as Agribusiness Development Officer in Meru County for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Scholastica Musyimi is responsible for coordinating various agribusiness affairs, such as devising policies, policy briefs, bills, and strategies; some that are presented to the county’s cabinet. She is excited to have been named a GRASP Fellow. She is particularly looking forward to enhancing her leadership and communication skills and learning from her mentor and other Fellows so she can progress her work around gender policy during the program and beyond.
“I am proud to help farmers achieve food and nutrition security and increase household incomes while also bringing more women and youth into the agriculture sector.”
Area of Focus
Integrating gender issues in smallholder agricultural value chains to reduce inequalities, improve food and nutrition security, and increase household incomes